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Can these boxes run windows ce (properly) ??

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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 1:54 PM
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I have these TV set top boxes (motorola vip1216 and vip1200) and it says that they can run windows ce 5.0 and i was wondering if i could re flash them to it??? Your help is appreciated
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 2:12 PM
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Why? I mean they already run CE5, or at least a hybrid of it and Linux don't they? The built in hardware drivers only support download of DRM protected steaming video. What are you trying to do with them?
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 6:29 PM
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I would like to get a proper Windows ce 5.0 desktop to use them like a windows ce computer instead of a DVR on my TV I have extra boxes (from old house) att said we should throw out (but i couldn't do that) so I figured I would put windows ce on them.
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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 7:09 PM
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The built in hardware drivers only support download of DRM protected steaming video.


You mean only racy videos are supported?

Thecatmilton, doing what you want to do requires executing explorer.exe. This in turn requires that explorer.exe is present on the device, and then you'd need to either a) get some other file explorer to autorun from a memory card or USB drive - assuming the box has port(s) for one or both of these; or b) access the registry remotely from a host PC (only possible through ActiveSync AFAIK) to edit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/init to include a LaunchXX value for explorer.exe.
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 7:49 PM
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Again these are at uverse ip tv set top boxes and they both have 2 usb prt even IDE interface
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 7:52 PM
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here are some links to their specs:

vip1216: http://www.motorola.com/web/Business/Products/TV%20Video%20Distribu...

vip1200: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Video-Solutions/Products/TV%20V...
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 9:27 PM
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Can i just reflash them to windows ce 5??
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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 10:10 PM
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Sure - all you need is an OS image specifically compatible with the box, and a method to transmit files to be flashed onto the box.
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 10:13 PM
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Soooooo where could I obtain that or a copy of explor.exe (mips)?
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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 10:30 PM
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That's the problem - they're not available anywhere we're aware of.
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 10:40 PM
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could you copy the explorer.exe from a mips handheld and then try it on the box?
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-13 10:50 PM
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Is there any way i could even browse the internet?? Or play cretian multimedia files (music video)
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Thecatmilton Page Icon Posted 2011-10-16 4:18 AM
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So is it a solid yes or no on this subject??
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